Series 02: Silvester Diggles - Notes to accompany Australian Ornithology, ca. 1863-1875
Series 02: Silvester Diggles - Notes to accompany Australian Ornithology, ca. 1863-1875
About this item
Full title
Date
1863-1875
Call Numbers
A 1526
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.03 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 2319, frames 1-170
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Arrangement & Classification of Orders & Families [5 paged index]
Index of Genera
Notes on the various species of Australian birds including appearance (colour, shape, and dimensions), locality discovered, habitat, and references to volume and plate numbers in Gould's [Birds of Australia], and Diggles' work [Ornithology of Australia] (310 pag...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 02: Silvester Diggles - Notes to accompany Australian Ornithology, ca. 1863-1875
Notes
General note
This manuscript is a companion volume to: Ornithology of Australia, 1863-1875 / by Silvester Diggles.
Pages bear watermark, "Edinburgh 1863"
Some pages are blank.
Paper label inside front cover, "Made by / J.W. Buxton, / wholesale and retail / bookseller, stationer, / and account book manufacturer, / Queen Street, Brisbane. / ...."
"D....
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from spine and title page.
Beneath title handwritten in pencil, "Short notices of the birds of / Australia collected from the / newest & best sources / by / Silvester Diggles"
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 1526
Record Identifier
n7oVpwZn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oVpwZn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
430355
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